Collar and necktie support



July 6, 1954 e. s. CHRISTY 2,682,665

COLLAR AND NECKTIE SUPPORT Filed April 6, 1953 Guy 5. Chrl'sfy'INVENTOR.

Patented July 6, 1 954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- COLLAR AND NECKTIESUPPORT Guy S. Christy, Medical Lake, Wash.

Application April 6, 1953, Serial No. 346,831

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a collar and necktie support and moreparticularly to a device for use in conjunction with four-in-hand tiesand. turndcwn collars.

Various forms of combined collar and necktie support have beenpreviously devised and utilized but it has been found that these devicesinvariably lift the collar relative to the knot of the tie thuspreventing the tie from achieving a proper drape and further enablingthetie to twist and turn resulting in an unsatisfactory appearance. Itis therefore the primary object of this invention to provide a collarand necktie support which will substantially prevent the collar tabsfrom wrinkling while supportin the knot of a tie against twisting and ina substantially horizontal position so that the ends of the tie canreadily achieve a highly effective and desirable drape.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the provision of acollar and necktie support that is stron and durable, simple inconstruction and manufacture, capable of being readily and easilyutilized with various sizes of turn-down collars, capable of beingconstructed from various readily available materials and which isadapted to neatly and effectively hold a collar and necktie in itsadjusted position even during comparatively strenuous movements of theuser. 1

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will become apparent as the followin descriptionproceeds, are attained by this'collar and necktie support, a preferredembodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings,by way of example only, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view illustrating the appearance of a necktie andcollar supported by the device comprising the present invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view illustrating the necktie knot heldin a substantially horizontal position and showing the device in dottedlines;

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view illustrating the manner in which anecktie is engaged with the end portions of this nectkie and collarsupport;

Figure 4 is a perspective'view of the device comprising the presentinvention; and,

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional detail view as taken along the planeof line 5-5 in Figure 4.

With continuing reference to the accompany.

a shirt having a collar 12 with tabs l4 and IS. The collar i2 is of theturn-down type and is adapted to be used in conjunction with four-inhandties 58. In order to support the tie so that it and the collar 12 willhave the maximum attractiveness in their relationship the combinedcollar and necktie support generally designated at 29 and comprising thepresent invention has been provided.

The collar and necktie support 20, includes an arcuate central portion22 having a central member 25 extending upwardly and outwardlytherefrom. The central member 24 is formed from a pair of leg portions26 and 23 integrally connected by a substantially horizontally extendingarcuate central connecting portion 30. A clip 32 is positioned inembracing relationship about the legs 25 and 28 and has an end portion34 wrapped about in embracing relationship with the arcuate centralportion 22. This causes the central member it to be held in an adjustedposition relative to the arcuate central portion 22.

At the ends of the arcuate central portion 22 are upwardly extendinportions 36 and 38 which i terminate in inwardly extending portions 40and t2. Substantially L-shaped collar supporting portions M and 46 arebent back from the inwardly extending portions 48 and 42 and terminatein hook portions 48 and 50. As can be readily seen in Figure 3, thebight of the necktie extending about the collar of the individualutilizin this device is adapted to pass through the loops formed betweenthe upwardly extending portions 36 and 38 and the L-shaped collarsupporting portions A l and it. The inwardly extending portions 40 and42 together with the substantially horizontal leg of the L-shapedportions 44 and 35 space the collar supporting L-shaped portions 45 and46 from the rest of the shirt Ill to which the collar I2 is attached.Furthermore, the collar supportin portions M and 36 hold the collar tabsi4 and it in a preset desired position even though the individualwearing this device 26 were to subject himself to strenuous movement.The central member 24 holds the knot 52 of the tie is outwardly in asubstantially horizontal plane to permit the ends of the tie to drapewhile also permittin the tie from twisting.

Since from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of thisnecktie and collar support are readily apparent, further description isbelieved to be unnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specificationand accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention tothe precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be readily resorted to which fallwithin the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A collar and necktie support comprisin an arcuate central portion havinga central member extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, saidcentral member being adapted to support a necktie knot in asubstantially horizontal position, said central member including a pairof leg portions integrally formed with said central member, said legportions being joined by a connecting portion, a clip about said legportions of said central member, said clip engaging said arcuate centralportion to hold said central memher in a predetermined desired angularrelationship relative to said arcuate central portion, collar engagingmeans at the ends of said arcuate central portion for supporting thetabs of a collar and substantially preventin said collar from wrinkling,said collar engaging means including upwardly extending portionsterminating in in wardly extendin portions, and substantially L- shapedcollar supporting portions bent from said inwardly extending portions,said upwardly extendin portions and said L-shaped collar supportingportions being adapted to receive a necktie therebetween, said inwardlyextending portions spacing said L-shaped collar supporting portions fromthe rest of the shirt to which said collar is attached, said legportions extending angularly upwardly and outwardly with respect to saidarcuate central member and said L-shaped collar supporting portions.

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